Trent Reznor wasn’t gone long.  His new project, How To Destroy Angels, is a collaboration with his wife Mariqueen Maandig, and if the first release is any indication, it’ll be a return to form (with less anger and destruction of instruments, one would assume).  Great atmosphere here — the slow pulse and spacious piano reminds me a lot of my favorite Nine Inch Nails pieces like “The Day The World Went Away” and “La Mer.”

Check out “A Drowning” at Pitchfork.com.